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This book tells the incredible true story of Ranulfo Juárez, a Mexican immigrant. After working for years in the fields of Oregon and becoming a U.S. citizen, Ranulfo started making plans to buy a small bakery in 2005. But not knowing if the economy would hold steady, Ranulfo examined his dreams every morning in search of secret clues foretelling insight and a successful bakery—or homelessness. Ranulfo also enlisted author Peter Wogan, a white anthropology professor with a penchant for self-doubt, as his confidante and sidekick in this quest. Readers won’t know until the end whether Ranulfo became another innocent victim of the Financial Crisis of 2008, but, throughout, they will see Ranulfo and Peter confront naysayers and cheats, as well as their own differences and fears. Like Don Quixote, this book is comical, subversive, and inspirational. .

Social sciences. --- Ethnology. --- Ethnology --- Ethnography. --- Social Sciences. --- Social Anthropology. --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Latino Culture. --- Latin America. --- Mexican Americans --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Chicanos --- Hispanos --- Ethnology-Latin America. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Ethnology—Latin America.

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Quechua Indians --- Literacy --- Indian magic --- Quechua (Indiens) --- Alphabétisation --- Magie indienne d'Amérique --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Ecuador --- Salasaca (Ecuador) --- Equateur --- Salasaca (Equateur) --- Ethnic relations. --- Social conditions. --- Relations interethniques --- Conditions sociales

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Certain Hollywood movies are now so deeply woven into the cultural fabric that lines of their dialogue - for example, 'Make him an offer he can't refuse' - have been incorporated into everyday discourse. The films explored in this book, which include The Godfather, Jaws, The Big Lebowski, Field of Dreams and The Village, have become important cultural myths, fascinating windows into the schisms, tensions, and problems of American culture. Hollywood Blockbusters: The Anthropology of Popular Movies uses anthropology to understand why these movies have such enduring appeal in this age of fragmented audiences and ever-faster spin cycles. Exploring key anthropological issues from ritual, kinship, gift giving and totemism to literacy, stereotypes, boundaries and warfare, this fascinating book uncovers new insights into the significance of modern film classics for students of Film, Media, Anthropology and American Cultural Studies.

Motion pictures --- Culture in motion pictures. --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- History